Underpaid Feds?
How does your pay and benefits package compare to the private sector? New statistics compiled by a researcher at the Cato Institute is based on data from the…
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How does your pay and benefits package compare to the private sector? New statistics compiled by a researcher at the Cato Institute is based on data from the…
Federal employees outside of the contiguous 48 states are paid differently than most FedSmith readers who usually get an annual raise and locality pay. OPM did a survey…
War, political instability, terrorism and fear for our economic future have an impact on financial markets. Some well-known personalities have said we are in a new world war.…
There is a continuing debate about the pay of federal employees--too high or too low or about right? With the large variety of federal jobs, there is no…
Active federal employees are on track for an average 2.7% pay increase in 2007. Many federal retirees will probably do better than that again in 2007.
A new report says "[t]he federal civilian workforce has become an elite island of secure and high-paid workers, separated from the ocean of private-sector American workers who must…
The system for determining the average federal pay raise is steeped in politics. What is going on and why?
The 2007 pay raise process for federal civilian employees is following what is now a fairly well-worn path. No one knows the final outcome but 2.7% looks like…
Should real estate investment trusts be added to your TSP?
Pay for performance may be coming to the rest of government--not just DHS and DoD. The concept scares many readers. What are the options and what will the…